Looking for things to do this weekend that wont hurt you financially (as most events in LA tend to do)?
This Saturday from 1 - 4pm, The Flock Shop, a cute little store in Chinatown specializing in graphic t shirts, jewelry, art, and funky clothing, is hosting an art show for local artist/illustrator Patrick Hruby. There will be complementary drinks and most likely a sale since they are re-opening their store. Here is the location ...it's in the same courtyard as the Grand Star Jazz Club.
The Flock Shop is also located directly underneath Ooga Booga, a great place to find records by local bands (such as the ones playing at the Eagle Rock Music Festival) as well as amazing compilations of African/South American music. Not to mention, they have a huge selection or art zines, books, and clothing. Although the highlight of the store for me is these $10 cassette mixtapes ranging from french chanson to old school hip hop to funk to new wave hits that you have never heard before.
Also this Saturday, all of Eagle Rock (rather, Colorado blvd) will be glowing and vibing to a music festival from 5pm till midnight. Its free and over 60 artists will be performing- among them are Abe Vigoda, Earlimart, Crystal Antlers, Mika Miko, Pizza!, The Parson Red Heads, One Trick Pony, etc. more info.
On Sunday night, the hilarious hip hop group hailing from Southern California, Sparrow Love Crew, will be playing at Cinespace in Hollywood with The Nights (they are great) and The Yelling. The show is 21+ but admission as well as vodka will be free between 9:30-10:30.
Not everything in life is free but these events are and they are a nice way to support local artists. Not to mention great surprises lie ahead for those who haven't explored these particular areas of town.
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Hello there. I'm KSCR's Music Director and every week I submit a playlist with the top 30 most played albums at KSCR that week to the College Music Journal (CMJ), which tallies similar reports from college radio stations across the country. This helps them publish charts akin to the Billboard charts, but for music circulating on college radio stations as opposed to commercial stations. KSCR's genre directors also submit the top 10 albums played within their respective genres: Hip Hop, Electronica / RPM, Jazz, Loud Rock / Metal, and World music. Here is the list for what was played last week:
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Radio 200
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | ABE VIGODA | Skeleton | PostPresent Medium |
| 2 | TV ON THE RADIO | Dear Science | Touch And Go-Interscope |
| 3 | JENNY LEWIS | Acid Tongue | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | DR. DOG | Fate | Park The Van |
| 5 | WALKMEN | You And Me | Gigantic |
| 6 | HEARTS OF PALM UK | For Life | Hypnote |
| 7 | THE FAINT | Fasciinatiion | Blank.wav |
| 8 | MOGWAI | The Hawk Is Howling | Matador |
| 9 | HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR | Hercules And Love Affair | Mute-DFA |
| 10 | SIGUR ROS | Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust | XL |
Radio 200 cont'd
| 11 | METALLICA | Death Magnetic | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | ETTES | Look At Life Again Soon | Take Root |
| 13 | POLYSICS | We Ate The Machine | MySpace |
| 14 | HOLD STEADY | Stay Positive | Vagrant |
| 15 | RATATAT | LP3 | XL |
| 16 | BRAZILIAN GIRLS | New York City | Verve Forecast |
| 17 | THE COAST | Expatriate | Aporia |
| 18 | DAEDELUS | Love To Make Music To | Ninja Tune |
| 19 | STILLS | Oceans Will Rise | Arts And Crafts |
| 20 | CALEXICO | Carried To Dust | Touch And Go-Quarterstick |
| 21 | EMILIANA TORRINI | Me And Armini | Rough Trade |
| 22 | OKKERVIL RIVER | The Stand Ins | Jagjaguwar |
| 23 | ZEBRAHEAD | Phoenix | ICON |
| 24 | RAPHAEL SAADIQ | The Way I See It | Columbia |
| 25 | LYKKE LI | Youth Novels | LL |
| 26 | BLITZEN TRAPPER | Furr | SUB POP |
| 27 | NEW YEAR | The New Year | Touch And Go |
| 28 | OXFORD COLLAPSE | Bits | SUB POP |
| 29 | ED LAURIE | Meanwhile In The Park | Dangerbird |
| 30 | INARA GEORGE AND VAN DYKE PARKS | An Invitation | Everloving |